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European Pirates and Private Stations / Triple-L Radio 6290 AM 2320 utc 24 Oct 2020

« on: October 24, 2020, 2340 UTC »

Weak in New Hampshire, S4 and a bit below the noise but I can ID familiar music

2320z Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight
2323z Chris Isaak - Wicked Game
2331z Jim Reeves - A Letter To My Heart (Dear Heart)
2336z ID, "Low Power, Low Budget, Low Antenna"
2342z Stones - Angie
2343z Thanks for the shout out Johnny!
2346z Dusty Springfield - Summer Is Over
2350z Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
2352z ID and shouts to us HFU listeners
2354z Kansas - Dust In The Wind
0000z Yes JT, we try to stay well and we do our "social distancing" by staying home and playing with the radio
0001z Mike Oldfield - Moonlight Shadow
0003z Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

Time to go JT... Thanks for the show, good to hear you again (signal has come up to S6 now, good copy)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / WWBR 6920 USB 1827z USB Sept 12, 2020

« on: September 12, 2020, 1827 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S8  (6920 not 6020, thanks Aurora)

1830z Howard Jones - No One Is To Blame
1833z I Don't Need No Doctor

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Zekey's Attic 6939 USB 0051Z Sept 12, 2020

« on: September 12, 2020, 0059 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S9+10 and above the S9 noise

0050z Some Creedence clips, then Hendrix with VooDoo Child
0101z Led Zep clip
0111z Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World
0115z Santana - Evil Ways
0119z Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gada-Da-Vida (Live)
0127z Stones - Miss You
0131z Shocking Blue - Venus

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Sovereign Radio 3905 2342z Aug 22, 2020

« on: August 22, 2020, 2345 UTC »

Been listening to music on 3905 AM for over a half hour, fair signal S5 in New Hampshire and good copy when the USA SSB QRM subsides.

Heard an ID around 2335z, "This is eighties radio" but not too sure

2342z Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
2350z Cover of Banana Boat Song
2353z Cover of Jamaica Farewell
2354z Ad for a Dublin clothes store
2357z Gave an FM frequency, maybe a relay of a commercial FM station
0000z Irish/Dublin/European news
0003z Mix: Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Dance To The Music, Horse With No Name, California Dreaming...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 6950.9 AM 0127z Aug. 8, 2020

« on: August 08, 2020, 0129 UTC »

Down in the S8-S9 noise here in New Hampshire - tough copy

0129z The Band - The Weight
0134z Playing For Change - All Along The Watchtower (with Captain Morgan ID)
0138z Playing For Change - Gimme Shelter, Higher Ground

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North American Shortwave Pirate / KIND Radio (Kindness Radio) 6873 USB 2255 utc May 9, 2020

« on: May 09, 2020, 2257 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S7

2255z Tangerine Dream -
2307z Op, ID - KIND Radio (Kindness Radio)
2307z Little Richard (Recently RIP) - Lucille
2312z Little Richard - Good Golly Miss Molly
2316z Little Richard - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
2322z Jerry Lee Lewis - Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
2326z Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
2330z Otis Redding - Dock Of The Bay
2333z ID, Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine
2336z Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
2340z Radiohead - High And Dry
2345z Coldplay - Hymn For The Weekend
2348z Coldplay - The Hardest Part
2352z Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere
2356z Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
2358z Cat Stevens - Wild World
0001z Sting - Fields Of Gold

Time for a break, Thanks for the tunes (Still S8-S9 in NH)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Humperdoo 6930 USB 1821 utc 03 May 2020

« on: May 03, 2020, 1821 UTC »

Weak in New Hampshire S2-S3, mostly down in the noise

1823z O'Jays - Love Train
1826z ID, can't copy much... Radio Humperdoo perhaps?
1838z Faded to nil now... 

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 6924.25 AM 0012z Apr 18, 2020

« on: April 19, 2020, 0014 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S9 - Playing old soul tunes

0016z Captain Morgan Shortwave ID

Covers of tunes from the Playing For Change project...
0019z The Weight (The Band tune)
0022z All Along The Watchtower (Dylan tune)
0027z Gimme Shelter (Stones tune)
0030z Higher Ground (Stevie Wonder tune)
0034z Country Roads (John Denver tune)
0038z Lean On Me (Bill Withers tune)
0042z Imagine (John Lennon tune)
0046z Everyday People (Sly and the Family Stone tune)
0049z Captain Morgan ID
0051z Don't Worry, Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin tune)

0054z Off - Thanks for the show Captain, signal still S9 at signoff

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Captain Morgan 6950.3 AM 0006z Mar 7, 2020

« on: March 07, 2020, 0014 UTC »

Captain Morgan putting a good signal into New Hampshire, S7 - Rockin' the blues...

0013Z Captain Morgan ID
0021z ID, been fading - way down in the noise now
0026z ID, still marginal
0034z Coming back up now, S7 
0048z Off or faded to nil...  Thanks Captain

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QSLs Received / Radio Humperdoo eQSL - 2/15/2020

« on: February 21, 2020, 1900 UTC »

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/k520/Bucketopia/Radio%20Humperdoo%20-%202020-Feb-16%202030z%204190kHz_zpsjpslgfyn.jpg

Strange, putting the URL in the [img] adds the watermark but just putting it in a [url] link doesn't.  I guess I need to finally move to another online gallery provider.

In any case, Thanks Humperdoo...

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 4015 USB (was 6930) 0005z Jan 25, 2020

« on: January 26, 2020, 0010 UTC »

Good signal in New Hampshire, S8 - Theme: Beatle's covers (thanks Refmo)

0007z Judy Collins - In My Life
0011z Fats Domino - Lady Madonna
0014z Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends
0019z Bryan Ferry? (thanks Skip) - She's Leaving Home
0022z Ray Charles - Let It Be
0026z Earth, Wind, And Fire - Got To Get You Into My Life
0030z Pat Benatar - Helter Skelter
0034z The Pretenders - Don't Let Me Down
0036z Phil Collins (w George Martin) - Golden Slumbers + Carry That Weight
0040z ? - Drive My Car
0045z Fiona Apple - Across The Universe
0049z Bananarama - Help!
0052z Stone Temple Pilots - Revolution
0056z Sarah McLachlan - Blackbird
0058z The Vines - I'm Only Sleeping
0101z Tom Petty - Taxman
0104z Mathew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs - And Your Bird Can Sing
0106z B-52's - Paperback Writer
0109z Smithereens - I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
0111z SSTV and off

Thanks Wolverine (and thanks Shazam for the tune ID's, a few this time it didn't know)

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European Pirates and Private Stations / Borderhunter Radio 3935 (was 3953) AM 2312z Dec 28, 2019

« on: December 28, 2019, 2314 UTC »

Fair signal in New Hampshire, S4-S5

2312z Borderhunter ID
2312z Alan Parsons - I Can Read Your Mind
2337z Moved to 3935, S5 now
2333z Creedence - Fortunate Son
2343z Getting USA ham QRM on both 3935 USB and  LSB now... Good while it lasted
0003z Oh, Oh, Oh, Cattle Drive...
0009z Closing soon, "Getting late here"

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Radio Free Whatever 4015 USB 0025z Dec 25, 2019

« on: December 25, 2019, 0028 UTC »

Nice signal in New Hampshire tonight, S9 - Playing year-in-review (100 tunes)

0026z Radio Free Whatever ID
0040z DJ Dickweed wishing everyone a Merry Christmas (and a shout-out to Mom - Hi Mom!)
0046z ID, "Flagship of the Pirate Radio Armada"
0100z RFW ID, still sounding good here - S9+10 (When you're tired of listening to Christmas music)
0114z Maybe he won't be able to get to all 100 tunes
0128z DJDW cured his snoring using a DIY snore-stopper he saw described on Youtube (with a few difficulties)

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Wolverine Radio 4015 was 6950 USB 0000z Dec 22, 2019

« on: December 22, 2019, 0005 UTC »

Good Signal in New Hampshire on 6950, S6-S8 - Theme: Doctor

0003z Betty Hutton - Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
0006z Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor
0009z Beatles - Doctor Robert
0011z Mary Wells - The Doctor
0014z Stones - Dear Doctor
0017z Jackson Brown - Doctor My Eyes
0020z Little Feat - Rock And Roll Doctor
0023z Steely Dan - Doctor Wu
0026z Joe Cocker - I'll Be Your Doctor
0030z SSTV

0034z Moved to 4015, signal pretty much the same, S6-S8 - Theme: Right and Wrong...

0035z Ethel Waters - Brother You've Got Me Wrong
0037z Big Bill Broonzy - Out With The Wrong Woman
0040z Peggy Lee (w Benny Goodman & His Orchestra) - Why Don't You Do Right?
0043z Nat King Cole - Straighten Up And Fly Right
0046z Billie Holiday - I've Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
0048z Chuck Willis - It Ain't Right To Treat Me Wrong
0051z Lucky Millinder - The Right Kind Of Lovin'
0054z B.B. King - Everything I Do Is Wrong
0056z Miller Sisters - There's No Right Way To Do Me Wrong
0059z Carl Perkins - You Can Do Me No Wrong
0101z Platters - It Isn't Right
0104z Impressions - It's All Right
0106z Byrds - It Won't Be Wrong
0108z Blind Faith - Well All Right
0113z Dr. John - Right Place, Wrong Time
0116z Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
0119z Joe Jackson - Right And Wrong
0124z Bryan Ferry - The Right Stuff
0129z Spin Doctors - Little Miss Can't Be Wrong
0133z SSTV and off

As per usual, thanks to Wolverine for the tunes and Shazam for the IDs

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North American Shortwave Pirate / UNID 6930 USB 2340 utc 23 Nov 2019

« on: November 23, 2019, 2344 UTC »

2340z Good signal in NH - S7, a couple of songs clips and off